Aaron Brazell

This is a very simple plugin that creates a new adminbar menu with a list of pertinent API calls used on a page.
However, no good thing happens in a vacuum, and you good folks, are developers.
In order to log API calls, you should invoke the <code>log_api_call()</code> method of the <code>$ab_api_logger</code> global object. Of course, if you prefer, you can instantiate your own object using the <code>AB_API_Logger</code> class.
The <code>log_api_call()</code> method takes two properties. The first is an array of URLs that will be included as menu items (easy access, easy click to see responses). By default, the plugin maintains a property <code>$api_calls</code> with this array and uses it to parse out the menu items.
However, if you wish to maintain your own array, you can do that too. The plugin takes care of what it needs, and you can feel free to maintain what you need.
The second argument for the <code>log_api_calls()</code> method is the URL that will be added to the adminbar menu. You can escape it if you want, but I will as well for security.
The reason I built this plugin is because I deal with APIs a lot. My normal approach to API integration is to use a pre-existing PHP library or, more commonly, build a library around the API so I can use it easily without having to remember everything.
Usually, this means I create a class and that class is filled with methods that construct a URL based on parameters and then use <code>wp_remote_get()</code> to retrieve the response from the API. Anytime after the URL is created, invoke this plugin:
<pre><code>if( class_exists( 'AB_API_Logger' ) ) { // Example API Call: $api_url (http://api.example.com?apikey=asdfASD234&post_id=213) global $ab_api_logger; $ab_api_logger->log_api_call( $ab_api_logger->api_calls, $api_url ); } </code></pre>
Pull requests can be submitted via <a href="https://github.com/technosailor/ab-api-call-logger" rel="nofollow ugc">Github</a>

API Request Collector

This plugin is made for plugin developers that work with APIs and need easy access to debug information.

Gemini Labs

Paul

Black Bar is an unobtrusive Debug Bar for WordPress developers. It collects and displays errors, executed SQL queries, slow actions and hooks, theme templates, global variables, and provides a profiler.
How it helps you with development:
<ul>
<li>Debug your code with the Console</li>
<li>Inspect global variables (COOKIE, GET, POST, SERVER, SESSION, WP_Screen)</li>
<li>Measure performance of your code with the Profiler</li>
<li>View any PHP errors that occur when loading a page in the Console</li>
<li>View executed MySQL queries along with execution time and backtrace</li>
<li>View template files of the active theme in loaded order</li>
<li>View the 50 slowest action and filter hooks along with callbacks ordered by priority</li>
</ul>

Black Bar

Thank you for giving new life to BlackBox Debug Bar!

Not only the usefulness of this plugin, but the beautiful PHP coding leads me to write this review. I have learnt a lot from your code.

Developer must have

Il fait l'affaire haut la main, parfait ;-)
It did the trick, perfect ;-)


Indispensable / Essential

Black Bar is an unobtrusive Debug Bar for WordPress developers that attaches itself to the bottom of the browser window.

API Request Collector vs Black Bar